Sentence examples for does not quite get from inspiring English sources

But the dentist does not quite get the revenge he seeks.

France, Chad's former colonial master, keeps troops and fighter-bombers there and helped rescue its embattled president in February, on that occasion with the UN's open support.But Mr Déby does not quite get a free pass.

Our nation is in a calamitous situation, and we are being led by a man who does not quite get that there is a time when the jokes must end.

My wife does not quite "get" this.

Even the First Amendment, then, expressing the value of speech and publication in the terms of a right as paramount as any fundamental right can be, does not quite get to the point of an absolute guarantee.

But the public doesn't quite get that.

Sometimes, though, he doesn't quite get it right.

She believes that Wall Street doesn't quite get it — doesn't quite see the promise she sees.

Connie doesn't quite get her home cooking, but she does find a home in Jack.

Despite the invigorating rock of the banjo and bass he just doesn't quite get there".

curiosity — the wise guy who knows what he doesn't quite get.